December 1941. On a bright Sunday morning in Hawaii, Japanese planes swoop down and attack the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbour. America enters the war and Britain no longer stands alone against Hitler. Conditions on the home front remain bleak. In a city pulverised by the Blitz, with rampant crime and corruption and overstretched police resources, life for Scotland Yard detective Frank Merlin continues as arduous as ever. In the week of Japan's aggression,...

"India's only female lawyer, Perveen Mistry, is compelled to bring justice to the family of a murdered female Parsi student just as Bombay's streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule. Sujata Massey is back with this third installment to the Agatha and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning series set in 1920s Bombay"--

"Harvey and Jennifer buy the house next door for Jennifer's brother and his wife, but workers replacing the furnace find a skeleton buried in the basement. The Priority Unit is quickly called to the scene to investigate the murder which leads to a missing person cold case and a recent home invasion"--

"Detective Harvey Larson and the Priority Unit of the Portland (Maine) Police Department work to solve the murder of Maine's most famous author, which has links to a class reunion the victim attended the day before at Fort Point State Park"--

Mrs. McGinty is dead and everyone suspects James Bentley, her slightly shifty lodger. In fact, James is facing a trial for an almost certain open-and-shut case. But Superintendent Spence is suspicious enough to ask for Hercule Poirot's assistance. Soon, the seemingly simple situation turns into a complex web of lies and hidden identities. Novelist Ariadne Oliver joins the hunt to find the real murderer.

"Hollywood comes to Weatherford, Texas, as a movie company arrives to shoot scenes for a film based on the novel by Phyllis Newsom's friend, Eve. But movie fantasy turns to deadly reality as a murder recreated for film turns out to be the genuine article, and once more, Phyllis has to track down a cunning killer to see that justice is done."--

Who hasn't wondered for a split second what the world would be like if a person who is the object of your affliction ceased to exist? But then you've probably never heard of The McMasters Conservatory, dedicated to the consummate execution of the homicidal arts. To gain admission, a student must have an ethical reason for erasing someone who deeply deserves a fate no worse (nor better) than death. The campus of this "Poison Ivy League" college, its...

"How about four murders and a couple thefts? Can clues be pieced together to solve these puzzling crimes? Tabitha's first event at her new bed and breakfast is a jigsaw puzzle mystery weekend, and the hired cook is found dead. Cee Cee is hosting a 1950s themed jigsaw puzzle party where the Elvis impersonator is murdered. Mariah hopes to sell her valuable puzzle at a jigsaw puzzle swap, but it ends up missing when a vendor is stabbed to death. Jane...

The Mystery of the Lost Mine: On a camping trip to Arizona with their grandfather, the Alden children search for a lost gold mine. The Guide Dog Mystery: When they help out at a guide dog training school, the Alden children meet several people who seem obsessed with a particular dog named Ginger. The Hurricane Mystery: While visiting a friend of their grandfather's on Sullivan's Island, the Boxcar Children encounter mysterious activities related...